English noun: Morse | |||
1. | Morse (communication) a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals) | ||
Synonyms | international Morse code, Morse code | ||
Broader (hypernym) | code | ||
Part holonym | dah, dash, dit, dot | ||
2. | Morse (person) United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872) | ||
Synonyms | Samuel F. B. Morse, Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Samuel Morse | ||
Instance hypernym | artificer, discoverer, inventor, painter | ||